Lam Tin Station

MTR infobox
livery=1A86AE
namecolour=White
line=Kwun Tong

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caption=Lam Tin station platform 1
coordinates=22.307°N, 114.232°E
district=Kwun Tong
area=Lam Tin
open=October 1989
type=Elevated
platformtype=Island
escalatorno=17 [In the 17 escalators, nine are located in the premises of Sceneway Garden but managed by MTRC.]
platformno=2
exitno=5
liftno=1 [The number of lifts does not take staff-only area lifts, nor lifts managed by Sceneway Plaza but commonly used by MTR passengers, into account.]
shopno=1
code=LAT
hours=0606/0120
connections= Bus, Minibus
engname=Lam Tin
chiname=藍田 Chinese
i=IPA|lam₁₁ tʰɪn₁₁
t=藍田
s=蓝田
j=laam4 tin4
y=laam4 tin4
p=Lántián
l=Blue Field

Lam Tin is a station on the Hong Kong MTR HK-MTR lines|Kwun Tong built as a part of the extension to Quarry Bay. The station is linked to the hillside community of the Lam Tin area by a series of escalators.

History

In the 1980s, the Eastern Harbour Crossing (EHC or EHT) had been planned by the colonial government. Following the successful result of the MTR since 1978, the government decided to extend the Kwun Tong Line through a new tunnel to Quarry Bay.

It was later decided that before the entrance to the tunnel, trains would stop at a station at Lam Tin Valley, where it goes into the Sai Tso Wan Hill and then underground to the entrance of the tunnel.

The construction was completed by 1989. As part of his official visit with then Princess of Wales to Hong Kong, the Prince of Wales officiated the opening of the station, in which a commemoratitve plaque remains in display to this day.

After the opening of the EHC, Lam Tin, with the MTR station and bus terminals, became a crucial transport interchange in east Kowloon. The station serves passengers between Tseung Kwan O and other parts of Kowloon as well as between Hong Kong and Kowloon.

Platform Screen Doors have been in use since late August 2005.

tation layout

Platforms 1 and 2 share the same island platform. Like Lai King Station, Lam Tin Station is built on an elevated platform, in which half of the platform is immersed into the Lam Tin Hill [Hong Kong Guide 2004, HKSAR Government, February 2004.] [Hong Kong Guide 2005, HKSAR Government, April 2005.] and so the station is sealed like other underground stations (but it is mixed as an elevated, ground level, and underground station).

The concourse is the first floor down the escalators from the hillside exits. It is divided into two parts: the paid area and the non-paid area. The paid area has escalators down to the platforms and has a postbox, while the non-paid area links the exits and houses a Hang Seng Bank branch.

Between the paid and non-paid areas there are the entrance gates and a customer service centre which serves both areas.

Entrances/exits

*A: Lam Tin Bus Terminus, Kai Tin Estate
*B: Sceneway Plaza
*C: Lei Yue Mun Road west-bound direction access icon|15px|Wheelchair user access
*D1: Sin Fat Road, Sai Tso Wan.
*D2: Block 17 of Sceneway Garden

Transport connections

Following the MTR station's opening in 1989, the area around Lam Tin station has been developed into a major transportation interchange in Hong Kong. The shopping centre and Sceneway Plaza above the transportation interchange adjacent to the station were built on a site that used to be occupied by a hill-side squatter hut community.

The original Lam Tin community has also seen several rebuilding projects since the station had been built. The interchange has brought in new residential and commercial demand in the community. The bus termini, the Lei Yue Mun Interchange, and other public transportation facilities had transformed the Lam Tin area into an important transportation hub as well as a commercial and residential center.

Here are the routes which terminate at the Lam Tin MTR Bus Terminus
* A22 To Hong Kong Airport
* 42C To Cheung Hang Estate, Tsing Yi
* 61R To City One Shatin
* 89D To Wu Kai Sha Station
* 93M To Po Lam
* 216M To Yau Tong Circular
* 258D To Po Tin Estate, Tuen Mun

Neighbouring stations

Notes and references